When it comes to personality, it turns out your peers probably think the same way about you as you do about yourself. When it comes to self-assessment, new U of T research suggests that maybe we do ...

When it comes to assessing your own personality, you might imagine you're ever so slightly biased towards yourself — or, if you're on the self critical side, you might expect to cast your personality ...

This week, I turn to the work of William B. Swann of the University of Texas, Austin, who offered a different perspective on professional judgment of personality in an influential article in 1984. His ...

Facial plastic surgery may do more than make you look youthful. It could change -- for the better -- how people perceive you. The first study of its kind to examine perception after plastic surgery ...

There is nothing quite as soul-shredding as an intense breakup; break ups seem specially designed to make us question everything about ourselves, from how we choose our partners to how we understand ...

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